Ancient Chinese texts describe the mechanical carriage's functions; after one li was traversed, a mechanically driven wooden figure struck a drum, and after ten li had been covered, another wooden figure struck a gong or a bell with its mechanically operated arm.
The small rope-strung cylinder drum known as the tabor entered western Europe during the Crusades; the earliest known pictorial evidence is a 12th-century English illumination showing a jongleur disguised as a bear striking a barrel drum suspended from his neck.
The idea of transformation nonetheless informs the initial image after Mr. Eto raises an arm to strike a big hanging drum before he moves on to the small drums.
Muddled and often infuriating, "Human Smoke" sounds its single, solemn note incessantly, like a mallet striking a kettle drum over and over.
For "The Boxer," Simon and Garfunkel's 1969 "lie-la-lie" single, he simply struck a snare drum during the chorus — but recorded next to an empty elevator shaft to make it sound more like a shotgun than a snare.
It depicts a hunting ritual involving dancers holding their bows; one figure has a bow in each hand, two perform artistic leaps and another holds a horn-shaped stick and is striking a frame drum.
On the morning of 5 October, a young woman struck a marching drum at the edge of a group of market-women who were infuriated by the chronic shortage and high price of bread.
Play through the drum; when playing an orchestral bass drum, strike a bit off center––this will produce fuller overtones.
At the completion of every li, the wooden figure of a man in the lower storey strikes a drum; at the completion of every ten li, the wooden figure in the upper storey strikes a bell.
For months, Hezbollah has struck a balance between drumming up support for its fight in Syria, and keeping its popular base under control.
